Ever though of sharing those old photos? This was posted on the rootsweb board message board. If anyone is intrested to give it a try, I will set a link of the Stephens, or Franklin County Page, PUTTING PHOTOS ONLINE I have hundreds of photos & documents to add to my tree, and want to know exactly the best way to proceed. I've read explanations of digital imaging online but I still feel I'm missing something. I understand I need photo editing software to fool around with pictures once they're in my computer, but — this is where I want to be positive — is a scanner the only or best way to get them in there? We have a digital camera but I'm not sure photographing the photos would result in good quality. Thank you for your service, Adding your photos to your genealogy Web site is a wonderful idea. Using your digital camera will be fine, if the images are a good quality. You'll only know that if you try it. You don't need too much software to get started with photos. You probably received software with your digital camera that will work if you aren't trying to do anything fancier than resizing, compressing and cropping. As you gain expertise, you might want to get one of the more involved graphics programs for adding special effects to the pictures. You can get free Web space for your site and photos at Freepages@RootsWeb. Documents can be treated as a graphic and you can either photograph or scan them, but many documents will be difficult to read online and you'll want to transcribe or abstract the information to go along with the image. Be sure to include citations with any photos or documents that you put online, just as you would do if they were in paper format. David Stephenson County Coordinator Stephens County Georgia http://www.rootsweb.com/~gastephe/ County Coordinator Franklin County Georgia http://www.rootsweb.com/~gafrankl/ List Admin Franklin,Stephens, and Hart Counties Georgia If you don't let a Teacher Know at what Level You are-By asking a question, or revealing your ignorance-you will not learn or grow. You cannot pretend for long,for you will be found out. Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education. Thoreau Taught,"How can we remember our ignorance,which our growth requires,when we are using our knowledge all the time? Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it. Henry David Thoreau, American writer (1817-1862). Quick Quote: "The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready." - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com